Vegetarian does not mean boring!
Sev Tomato Shaak – simple tomato based curry with basic spices and lots of crunchy chickpea flour noodles (sev). This tomato based curry is a popular Gujarati dish with fresh tomatoes and other basic ingredients. It is super quick and easy to make. The best …
Cabbage Peas Shaak – extremely simple and light Gujarati style dry cabbage curry along with peas that is made with minimal ingredients! Shaak means cooked vegetable in Gujarati, in other words some sort of vegetable curry. If you ever had Gujarati thali at any restaurants, …
Ivy Gourd & Onion Stir-fry – also knows as Tindora Kanda nu shaak in Gujarati is simple garlicky stir fry using Ivy Gourd & Onion along with some basic spices Growing up I personally did not like many shaaks/stir fried vegetables. I honestly lived off …
String Beans Curry – Indian style string beans stir fry that is spicy & garlicky simple dish, comes together under 20 minutes! Growing up I saw my grand ma and mom making this once in a while. However after I came to the states, I …
Ladoo made out of leftover bhakhri, jaggery, ghee, sesame seeds and hint of cardamom to make super quick kid friendly healthy dessert! Bhakhri is one of those food items you would always find in my kitchen. It is super simple to make and extremely comforting. …
Kanda Bataka Toasties – Toasted sandwich using leftover onion potato curry, cheese, chutney!! Onion potato curry is one of the easiest and commonly made Indian curry. It can be made many different ways. And there are so many ways you can enjoy this goodie. You …
Onion Potato Curry – popular Gujarati kanda bataka nu shaak, an extremely satisfying and simple dry curry made with very basic ingredients!! Let me start this post with a delighful dinner we had with one my non-Indian friend and his family. I had made Chana …
Karela Masala – Indian bitter gourd and onion curry made with basic spices, peanuts, sesame seeds and hint of jaggery, perfectly flavored karela masala! Karela, Indian bitter gourd, is one of the very rare and unique vegetables. It is bitter by nature, although it comes …
Dry green pepper curry/shaak coated with chickpea flour mix, loaded peanuts, sesame seeds and lots of dry spices! When I tell people I am a vegetarian, they think I only eat grass LOL. I do not blame them for thinking this way because the primary …